Will You Also Go Away?

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“He had just promised the multitude a gift of infinite worth. He had just promised them the gift of Himself—His flesh to eat and His blood to drink. But it was too much for them, and many turned away to walk with Him no more. Sadly He looked upon His chosen Twelve. His voice was full of pathos. ‘Will you also go away?’ He said.

‘Will you also go away?’ To me, as to the Apostles, my Divine Friend whispers the same question over and over again. With generous love, rather with infinite bounty, He tells of gifts and treasures beyond all measuring that He has prepared for His creatures if only they will walk with Him. But many who, hearing His offer, turn away to walk with Him no more.

He tells of treasures of grace, more precious than gold or costly gems; He tells of heavenly wealth and God-given glory, of endless peace and boundless joy in His eternal kingdom; He tells of His love that He yearns to lavish upon all who will have it; He spreads wide His arms and opens His breast where His Heart is aglow with infinite ardors, and His appeal is all-embracing: Come to Me all—I will give you not only My gifts but My very Self.

And the response? Because of earth’s vain allurements, because of the glitter and glare of temporal vanities, because of the demands of the flesh and the cravings of passion, many there are who turn away to walk with Him no more, to walk with Him no more—eternally.

Sadly He turns to me and whispers the age-old query: Child of My Heart, will you also go away?

And what is my answer?”

~J. E. Moffatt